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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Be it known that I, P.' GRAY MEEK, of Bellefontc, AContre county, Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Printers Galley `and I do hereby declare that the following-is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a top view. lFigure 2 is a sectional view of the head of the galley.

Figure 3 is the side-stick detached.

Figure 4 is a view of the side-stick as it works in the slots in the head of the galley.

Figure 5 is a perspective view. y i

My invention consists in applying to the side-stick of the ordinary printers galley, ,a series of springs so arranged that while the stick is self-adjusting, at the Sametime the type can be tightly locked in the galley by the simple pressureof the springs upon the side-stick. One end ofthe 'series of springs is attached to the sidestick, and the other is left perfectly free, having its bearing against the side of the galley. The force of the springs is suilicient to drive the side-stick to a position of close proximity to the side ofthe galley which is opposite their point of bearing, and against which rests the type. Thus it will be observed that the side-stickl is not only self-locking, firmly retaining the matter in the desired position, so that the galley can be handled in the most careless manner without the slightest danger of disarranging the type, but, at the same time, is so arranged as to readily accommodate itself to the matter, securely locking the same, whether it be a single line or a galley-full.

The great advantages of the arrangement abovel referred to, will readily suggest themselves to any. one skilled in the art to which my invention is applicable. Among the most prominent, I would enumerate its cheapness, its simplicity, itsentire practicability. It assists the compositor in emptying his stick squarelyg it saves the galley from being bursted apart-with quoins and Wedgesg in a word, in its entire eiciency, and-l the readinesswith which it can be adapted and applied to all galleys now in use. The eifective operation of the side-stick depending upon and being entirely controlled by the direct action of the springs, and the latter being securely attached to the former, the means are always at hand to immediately lock the type, whether the same Aextends the entire lcngth'of the galley or not. And the facility with which the matter or type, as well as thekside-stick itself, can be removed-from the galley, is much greater than with the old style of galley. Another important feature consists in the construction of the side-stickitself; o ne end ofthe stick being provided with a T-shaped head, which works in a slot at the-end of the galley. While this T-shaped bearing prevents the side-stick from sliding lengthwise along the galley while in use, it atthe same time allows the side-stick to be readily removed, simply by. slightly turning the same. The face-plate attached to the head of the galley is furi nshed with a series of holes, through which a pin can be inserted, which, passing in front ofthe T-shaped head of the side-stick,will retain the same at anydesired point. The other end of thesidestick is slotted. In` this slot there is pivoted or hinged a blade or pawl. This blade or pawl, when turned down, engages in a series of notches or a ratchet-plate, arranged at the bottom or open end of the-galley. These notches being directly opposite the holes in the .face-plate of the head, allow of the side-stick being retained at any desired point between the sides of the galley, and parallel with the same. 'i

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction' and operation.

The bottom A is aflat metal plate. To the bottom A, I firmly secure, by means of screws, the frame B. To this outer frame B, I attach ah inner metal frame, C. D is the side-stick, one end of which is furnished with a T-shapcd head, a. The other end of the sido-stick is slotted. In this slot is pivoted or hinged a blade or pawl, Z). E E are a series of springs. Ono end of these springs is attached to the side-stick D, while the other end of cach is left perfectly free, having their bearings against the sid'eof the inner frame C, as shownv in iig. 1L This series of springs is Ashown as constructed of thin steel plate, and are four in number, but coil and other springs may be used, and the number maybe greater or less than four, as occasion may require, care always being had to provide, for the ends of the side-stick, springs of greater power than that possessed by those which are te be attached at the intermediate points. The ends of both the outer and' inner frame are slotted nearly their entire length; the width of the slot c in thev outer frame B, being suiiciently large for the endof the T-shaped head oi" the side-stick D to work freely therein. To the head of the galley covering both the outer and inner frames B C, there is secured a face-plate, F. In this plate there is al series of holes, e. A pin, f,

can be inserted in either of these holes, by me'aus of vwhich the end of the side-stick D can be retained at any i desired point. In the bottom plate A, and directly opposite these holes e, is a series of notches, g. In these notches engages and works the blade or pawl b. v

The operation islas follows: The side-stick D is forced back far enough to allow a bed between. the'samc and the side of the galley for the free introduction of the desired type or matter, the pin fis inserted in the hole e immediatelyiin front of the side-stick, and the blade or pawlb is thrown down and enters the correspond,

ing slot g. By this means the side-stick is held perfectly stationary until the type is properly arranged on the bed. When the pinfis withdrawn and the blade Z1 is thrown up the recoil of the springs then instantly forces the stick against the type, securely locking the same in= position. They are thus held until it is desirable to remove the saine, when the side-stick is again forced back, the pin inserted, and the blade b thrown down, as before described, and the type readily and squarely emptied. When it is desired to remove the side-stick, it can easily be done, simply by turning the'sdine so as to bring the face of head a parallel with the upper and lower sides of the slot. i

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim therein as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is- Y i `1. A printers galley constructed with a slot at one end, and a notched plate at the other, 1n combination with a side-stick having a T-shaped head and pawl, when the same is operated by means of spring, substantially as described. y

2. Securing the type inl position by means of the side-stick D, when the same is operated by springs, substantially as and for the purposes specified. Y

3. The combination of the T-shaped head cz, plate F having holes e, and pinsf, substantially as and for the purpose specied. p

4. The bottom plate A having notches t, in combination with the blade or pawl b, arranged and working Vin a slot in the end ofthe side-stick D, substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specificationin the presence of two subscribing witnesses;

I. GRAY MEEK.

Witnesses:

Geo. W. JACKSON, ISAAC MITCHELL. 

